Dale Jewett

Do you know your blood type? Mine is 100 octane (not your standard blood bank classification). At any given moment, I’m thinking about cars – driving one, fixing one, buying one or (in my dreams) restoring one. So I love to tell stories that involve horsepower, brake and wheel diameters and 0-to-60 times – and the people who make it happen. Because behind every awesome vehicle are amazing people with vision and the desire to make it a reality. I cover Mopar, Dodge, SRT and motorsports for FCA Digital Media. I learned to drive on a 1973 Jeep CJ-5 with the rare Super Jeep option package and three-speed manual transmission. I still belong to the dwindling club of people who prefer to shift their own gears, and think the best way to drive is with the top down!

February is a great time to visit Chicago. Yes, we mean that. The city has years of experience managing the weather, the people are as warm and inviting as the local cuisine, and the expansive McCormick Place is filled with the Chicago Auto Show, open to the public February 10-19. You want to talk warm Read More

Not everyone can be in Detroit early next week for the media preview of this year’s North American International Auto Show. That’s OK, we’ve made it easy for you to see the product reveals from the Ram Truck and Jeep® brands at the same time as the assembled media in Detroit – even if you’re Read More

When you need to track down the car fans in your life, a good place to start looking is the garage. The performance-crazed folks at Dodge have opened a new garage – the Dodge Garage – and invited all fans of muscle cars, classic cars, high-performance vehicles and racing from around the world to drop Read More

For much of the northern hemisphere, it’s cold outside, which means drivers need to think more about traction. Whether it is just a light dusting or several inches of snow (in places such as Atlanta, they’re practically the same thing), sending drive torque to all four wheels is desirable to keep things moving on streets Read More

There is no greater peace of mind when your car or truck needs service – whether routine maintenance or a repair – than turning it over to a well-trained technician you trust. The technical sophistication of today’s vehicles requires technicians who can inspect, diagnose and repair the interconnected electronic and mechanical systems. The need is Read More

A quick stop in heavy traffic – it’s one of the most challenging situations a driver faces, but it happens regularly, whether it be the daily rush-hour commute, or arriving for a big sporting event or concert, or as other drivers react to an ongoing emergency. The rear-end collision is the most common type of Read More

Feeling a bit of a rush today? Don’t blame the Halloween candy pinched from the kids’ haul – look instead at the high-powered news Mopar rolled out at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas this week. Let’s start with the high horsepower bits. The classic muscle cars from the late 1960s Read More